Renee Zellweger was reduced to tears after the audience gave her a standing ovation like no other following a screening of her new movie Judy at the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday.

The 50-year-old actress stars as Judy Garland in the biopic of the late singer/actress’ life, with the movie already being tipped for Oscar success. And the latest sign Judy will sweep the board during awards season came following its most recent screening, where the audience stunned Renee with their emphatic response to the film.

“In 15 years at #TIFF I have never seen a standing ovation like the one for Renee Zellweger at Judy,” Variety’s Jenelle Riley tweeted.

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Renee Zellweger poses as she arrives at the Canadian premiere of "Judy" at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Sept. 10, 2019.MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS

Renee Zellweger poses as she arrives at the Canadian premiere of "Judy" at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Sept. 10, 2019.MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS

Director Rupert Goold and actors Renee Zellweger and Finn Wittrock pose as they arrive at the Canadian premiere of "Judy" at the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Sept. 10, 2019. MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS

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Liev Schreiber attends the "Human Capital" premiere during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival at Ryerson Theatre on Sept. 10, 2019 in Toronto.Phillip Faraone/Getty Images

Alex Wolff and Maya Hawke attend the "Human Capital" premiere during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival at Ryerson Theatre on Sept. 10, 2019 in Toronto.Phillip Faraone/Getty Images

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Luke Wilson attends the "Guest Of Honour" premiere during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival at The Elgin on Sept. 10, 2019 in Toronto.Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images

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Actor Finn Wittrock (L) and director Rupert Goold attend the premiere of "Judy" during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival Day 6, on September 10, 2019, in Toronto, Ontario.VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images

Leslie Odom Jr. arrives at the international premiere of the Harriet Tubman biopic "Harriet" at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Blinch ORG XMIT: SIN914MARK BLINCH/REUTERS

TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 10: Jennifer Nettles attends the "Harriet" premiere during the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall on September 10, 2019 in Toronto, Canada.Kevin Winter/Getty Images for TIFF

Joe Alwyn arrives at the international premiere of the Harriet Tubman biopic "Harriet" at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Blinch ORG XMIT: SIN911MARK BLINCH/REUTERS

Omar Dorsey arrives at the international premiere of the Harriet Tubman biopic "Harriet" at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Blinch ORG XMIT: SIN919MARK BLINCH/REUTERS

Kasi Lemmons arrives at the international premiere of the Harriet Tubman biopic "Harriet" at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Blinch ORG XMIT: SIN918MARK BLINCH/REUTERS

Cast member Edward Norton and wife Shauna Robertson arrive at the international premiere of "Motherless Brooklyn" at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni ORG XMIT: SIN406MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS

Cast member Josh Pais arrives at the international premiere of "Motherless Brooklyn" at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni ORG XMIT: SIN403MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS

After the crowd refused to cease their applause, a tearful Renee joked: “OK quit it – you’re messing up my make-up!”

“It (the clapping) only stopped because she made us,” Jenelle added on Twitter.

In 15 years at #TIFF I have never seen a standing ovation like the one for Renee Zellweger at JUDY. I started this about a minute into it and it only stopped because she made us. pic.twitter.com/NGXWLMbDxm

Following the screening, Judy was also met with warm praise from critics in their reviews, with Variety’s Guy Lodge writing: “The casting makes bittersweet sense. A onetime American sweetheart who relinquished the burdensome title, she plays Garland, with palpable affection and feeling, as one who’s been over the rainbow and back again.”

Meanwhile, Vanity Fair’s K. Austin Collins commented: “Judy isn’t visionary or perfect, but it convinces us of its ideas – and it’s a fine scaffolding for Zellweger, already a potential awards contender for reasons that seem obvious. What I hope doesn’t get lost in the inevitable awards melee – with the way it flattens films and actors into worthy or not, ‘likely’ or not – is a sense of how utterly idiosyncratic Zellweger’s performance is.”